EdwinDuthie

EdwinDuthie

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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Harper’s hard right ... · 2 replies · +3 points

Youth for Christ is as scary as the The Young Men's Christian Association (the YMCA) or the Salvation Army. Then there's the United Way started by church leaders in Denver, the Christian Children's Fund and World Vision, whose original stated goal was "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God."
As for Pat Martin's “What if this group was called Youth for Allah?”; I just attended an education meeting at the Edmonton Islamic Academy which has an Islamic charter, It also receives goverment funding and is doing excellent work with children in the area.

I enjoy reading Paul Wells, but I wish he and Pat Martin would not have smeared Youth for Christ as evidence of some sinister religious take-over in goverment. It's a cheap attack and it's demagogic.
Successive governments have worked with religious charities for years, and will continue to do so.